Next Generation Sequencing Facilitates Quantitative Analysis of MED23-knockdown and Control HUVEC Cells Transcriptomes

Purpose: RNA-seq analysis to evaluate the impact of MED23 knockdown on the transcriptome of HUVEC cells.Methods: Total RNA was isolated with TRIzol from Med23 knockdown HUVECs (n = 3) or control cells (n = 3). cDNA sequencing libraries were prepared with an NEBNext® Ultra™ RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina. The RNA-Seq FASTQ raw data were trimmed to remove low-quality reads and adapters using Trimmomatic. The trimmed reads were aligned to the mouse reference genome UCSC GRCh37/hg19 with HISAT2. Gene and transcript quantification was performed using Cutdiff. The results of the mapping of the RNA-seq reads, transcript assembly and abundance estimation were reported as fragments per kilobase of exon per million fragments mapped (FPKM). mRNA profiles of MED23-knockdown HUVEC cells (n = 3) or control cells (n = 3).